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Wreath Workshop

November 18, 2019
December 7, 10 am to noon Colusa County Fairgrounds, Community Building We will provide all materials but if you need to bring gloves, pruning shears, needle nose pliers and wire cutters. $25 per person Sign up online or in our office at 100 Sunrise Blvd., Ste.
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Western bluebird eating a caterpillar pest. (Photo: Glenn Bartley/VIREO)

How to attract bug-eating birds to farms

November 18, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
Hedgerows bordering farmland plantings with native trees, shrubs, bunch grasses and wildflowers support bug-eating birds, which helps with on-farm pest control, according to research by recent UC Davis graduate Sacha Heath and UC Cooperative Extension advisor Rachael Long.
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Thomas "Tom" Eisner, the father of chemical ecology, accepts his National Medal of Science award in 1994 from President Bill Clinton for his "seminal contributions in the fields of insect behavior and chemical ecology, and for his international efforts on biodiversity." (Courtesy Photo)
Bug Squad: Article

Chemical Ecologist Tom Eisner: Who Knew?

November 18, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Michael Jordan and Tom Eisner shared at least one thing in common: a rejection that hurt deeply and a recovery that ended amazingly. Jordan, the second-highest-scoring NBA player scorer (5,987 points), "wasn't good enough" to make his high school varsity basketball team (at first).
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New growth on 3+ year old <br>artichoke plant
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Growing Artichokes?

November 18, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the MGCC's Help Desk Gardener's Request: Hi Master Gardeners!: I'm into my third year with my artichoke crowns, and generally they seem to be doing well - I get a crop in the spring, then they die back, then new rosettes come out in about September and grow over the...
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NOAA. Check the long range forecast. https://www.noaa.gov/
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Adapting Your Garden for Climate Change

November 15, 2019
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County When I first moved to Napa 14 years ago, autumn rains arrived fairly reliably around the middle of October. As we are all painfully aware now, autumn rains have been starting later and laterand sometimes not at all.
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Marijohn Bledsoe
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In memoriam: Marijohn Bledsoe

November 15, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Marijohn Bledsoe, a UCCE community education specialist 2 for the UC Master Food Preserver Program, passed away in Modesto on Oct. 31, 2019. She was 46. Bledsoe joined UCCE in the Capital Corridor in 2016.
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